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Pilot Collection (page 11)

Background imagePilot Collection: Baron Manfred von Richthofen, leading German air ace

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, leading German air ace
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), leading German air ace with 80 confirmed victories, seen here with his personal Albatros C IX biplane. Date: circa 1917

Background imagePilot Collection: Arthur Rhys-Davids, RFC ace fighter pilot

Arthur Rhys-Davids, RFC ace fighter pilot
Arthur Rhys-Davids (1897-1917), RFC (56 Squadron) ace fighter pilot with 25 confirmed victories. He was a former head boy at Eton with a scholarship for Oxford. Date: circa 1916-1917

Background imagePilot Collection: Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR944 British Army Biggin Hill

Beagle-Wallis WA-116 XR944 British Army Biggin Hill
Built by Beagle Aircraft to the design of ex-RAF bomber pilot Wing Commander Ken Wallis, the Beagle-Wallis WA-116 was an autogyro created mainly for military reconnaissance and surveillance

Background imagePilot Collection: RAF fox mascot with pilot, WW1

RAF fox mascot with pilot, WW1
The fox mascot of an RAF squadron with a pilot on the Western Front in France during World War One. Apparently the fox was fond of flying. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePilot Collection: Brian Trubshaw (left) BAC Concorde chief test pilot

Brian Trubshaw (left) BAC Concorde chief test pilot
Brian Trubshaw (left), BAC Concorde chief test pilot and John Cochrane, deputy chief test pilot, on the flightdeck of Concorde 002 preparing for its maiden flight on 9 April 1969. Date: 1969

Background imagePilot Collection: Supermarine Spitfire F22 PK542 with the racing number 100

Supermarine Spitfire F22 PK542 with the racing number 100
Supermarine Spitfire F22, PK542, with the racing number 100, taking part in the Daily Express Trophy Race with Jeffrey Quill as pilot

Background imagePilot Collection: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH Wife of the aviator Charles Lindbergh, whom she married in 1929. The first licensed woman glider pilot in the U.S.A. and an accomplished author. Date: 1906 - 2001

Background imagePilot Collection: Mambrino Pilot, Daisy Burns, and Rosamond: trotting for a pu

Mambrino Pilot, Daisy Burns, and Rosamond: trotting for a purse, $100 mile heats, best 3 in 5 in harness. Date c1866

Background imagePilot Collection: Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1

Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1
A crashed British single-seat fighter plane with a dead airman lying on the ground beside it, on the Siegfried Line in northern France during the First World War. Date: May-August 1917

Background imagePilot Collection: Ritter von Schleich - German flying ace of WWI

Ritter von Schleich - German flying ace of WWI
Eduard Ritter von Schleich (18881947) - a high scoring Bavarian flying ace of World War I, credited with 35 aerial victories by the end of the war

Background imagePilot Collection: Captured German Pilot at Dover; Second World War, 1940

Captured German Pilot at Dover; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing Werner Voigt (centre in large coat), a captured German pilot, who had crashed his Messerschmitt 109 into the sea off Dover, seen with British soldiers, Summer 1940

Background imagePilot Collection: Thomas Mantell

Thomas Mantell
Captain Thomas Mantell, 25- year old USAF pilot, who died pursuing a UFO, now generally considered to have been a Skyhook weather balloon

Background imagePilot Collection: Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin

Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI lapel pin
Space Memorabilia - Apollo XI (11) mission space flown lapel pin. An incredible piece of Apollo 11 flown history, Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon

Background imagePilot Collection: Comic postcard, Couple about to fly in a monoplane - alarming advice from an expert pilot

Comic postcard, Couple about to fly in a monoplane - alarming advice from an expert pilot Date: 20th century

Background imagePilot Collection: RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter
Three crew and a helicopter belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Background imagePilot Collection: Amy Johnson

Amy Johnson (1903 - 1941), pioneering English aviator

Background imagePilot Collection: Sketch cover - Diana Guest Manning

Sketch cover - Diana Guest Manning
Miss Diana Guest, later Manning (1909-1994), daughter of Captain Freddie Guest, who recently took her pilots A certificate. One of a number of society women taking to the air in the inter-war period

Background imagePilot Collection: Sir Douglas Bader in TV interview, Falmouth, Cornwall

Sir Douglas Bader in TV interview, Falmouth, Cornwall
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (1910-1982), RAF pilot during the Second World War despite having lost both legs in a crash in 1931

Background imagePilot Collection: John A. Macready

John A. Macready
American Flight-Lieutenant J.A. Macready photographed before making an attempt at the altitude record. His outfit is made from wool, leather, fur and down to keep him warm

Background imagePilot Collection: Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft

Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft
Photograph showing a Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft, right view, standing on a grass airfield with it?s crew in the cockpits, 1917-1918 (c)

Background imagePilot Collection: The Wharf and Quay Street, St Ives, Cornwall

The Wharf and Quay Street, St Ives, Cornwall
" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. The Wharf & Quay Street from Seagull Flats, Morning. The Harbour Beach Foresand, cottages & Quay House, St Leonards Chapel

Background imagePilot Collection: Front cover of The Tatler - Miss Amy Johnson

Front cover of The Tatler - Miss Amy Johnson
Portrait of Amy Johnson, CBE (1903 -1941), on the front cover of The Tatler, 6th August 1930. Amy Johnson was a pioneering English aviatrix

Background imagePilot Collection: Fragments of a Dornier brought down in Victoria Station

Fragments of a Dornier brought down in Victoria Station
Knocking over chimney pots as it came to rest. The Fragments of a Dornier Bomber brought down in the forecourt of Victoria Station by Fighter Pilot Ray Holmes on 15th September 1940



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